Five Easy Pieces
- Year: 1970
- Country of origin: USA
- Genre: Drama
- Director: Bob Rafelson
- Length: 98 min
“Keep on tellin’ me about the good life, Elton, because it makes me puke.”
Film Synopsis
Five Easy Pieces (1970) centers on an oil-rig worker whose aimless existence conceals a past rooted in a wealthy and highly cultured family of classical musicians. As tensions with his girlfriend, estrangement from his family, and growing dissatisfaction with his surroundings intensify while a return home forces him to confront the life he abandoned years earlier, his restless search for identity becomes increasingly difficult to ignore. This drama examines alienation and personal dislocation within a changing American landscape, as emotional tensions intensify, with class division, self-imposed exile, and existential uncertainty.
Five Easy Pieces 4K UHD & Blu-ray editions
See which disc extras are included across selected editions.
| Disc Extras | Criterion BD-A 4K/US 2026 | Criterion BD-A/US 2010 |
|---|---|---|
| Audio Commentary by Director Bob Rafelson and interior designer Toby Rafelson | ||
| BBS: A Time for Change | ||
| BBStory: An American Film Renaissance | ||
| Soul Searching in “Five Easy Pieces” | ||
| Director Bob Rafelson at AFI | ||
| Teaser Trailer 1 | ||
| Teaser Trailer 2 | ||
| Theatrical Trailer |
Edition and Packaging Notes
- Criterion’s 4K UHD includes a booklet with writing by Kent Jones.
- Criterion’s Blu-ray is included in the “America Lost and Found: The BBS Story” box set. It includes a 114-page booklet. Reissued separately (2015/06/30).
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